Indicator for merchandise



(No Model.)

1 J. WAYER.

INDICATOR FOR MERCHANDISE.

No. 802,695. f Patented July 29, 1884.

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ATTORNEYS.

JOHN WAYER, OF SYRACUSE, INDIANA.

lNDlCATOR FOR MERCHANDHSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,695, dated July 29, .1884.

Application filed September 12, 1883. (No model.)

of each different size or number contained in the receptacle, which indicator can 'be adjusted very easily and rapidly.

The invention consists in a casing having openings and containing slides carrying numbers, which slides are locked in place automatically by suitable springs. The casing is provided with a strip at right angles to the slides, which strip is provided with the sizes and grades of the articles in the receptacle to which the casing is attached.

The invention also consists in parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully set forth. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

- which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved indicator, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa front viewof one of the slides. Fig. l is a rear "iew of the same.

A fiat casing, A, made of metal or other suitable material, is provided in its front with a series of transverse slots, B, one above the other, and extending from theleft-hand edge to about the middle ofthe front, and terminating at the inner ends in square or circular apertures 0. Any desired number of slots can be provided, according to the different kinds or sizes of articles contained in the receptacle to which the indicator is to be fastened. Behind each slot B a slide, D, is held, which is provided at the outer end with a headed stud,E, which proj ects through the corresponding slot. On the front of each slide a strip of paper carrying numbers arranged in numerical order is pasted; or the numbers can be produced in any other suitable manner on the slides. On the rear side each slide is provided with a series of slight projections, a, which are arranged in such a manner that they will be between the numbers. A series of springs, F, are secured to the inner surface of the back of the casing, the free ends of which springs press against the rear surfaces of the slides. The free end of the springs are beveled or bent over, so that they cannot catch firmly on the projections a.

'G, is pasted adjoining the apertures O, on which strip the numbers, grades, or sizes of the articles in the receptacle are written, stamped, printed, or otherwise produced, and, if desired, the prices can be written on an additional strip. The index can be made any desired size and for any desired number of different sizes of articles. The casing is adapted to be secured to a box, basket,

drawer, or other suitable receptacle for articles, such as boots, shoes, stockings, hats,

slide can be moved longitudinally to show any desired number in the corresponding aperture,O, according to the number of articles of the corresponding kind or size contained in the receptacle. The indicator can thus be adjusted very easily and rapidly, to show exactly' the number of each kind of articles in the. receptacle. Every time an article is removed from the receptacle the corresponding slide is moved one number to the right, and the spring F, catching 011 a projection, a, holds the slide in place. i

I am aware that indicator-slides provided with numbers and working in slots in the apertured faceplate are not new, and that indicator-slides have been held in place by friction-springs bearing on them, and I do not desire to claim such as of my invention.

Having'thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire-t0 secure by Letters Patent l. The combination, with a casing provided with a series of slots terminating in apertures, of slides carrying numbers, headed studs secured to the slides and projecting On the front of the casing A a vertical strip,

clothes, toys, household utensils, 850. Each through the slots, and mechanism for automatically locking the slides in place, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a casing, A, pro- 5 vided with slots terminating in apertures,

of slides D, carrying numbers on the front sides, and projections a on the rear sides,

and of the springs F, secured to the back of the casing and resting against the slides, substantially as herein shown and described.

. JOHN WAYER. Witnesses:

O. KNORR,

J, R. KITsoN. 

